Three days after opening a can of surströmming, fermented herring will still hang in the air. It stays on the hair and skin, and between the strands of your fluffy coat. The olfactory1 memory will jus
Some cheeses pack just a hint of funk1. Think Bruno Mars. Others pack heaps of it—more along the lines of2 James Brown. The latter category includes the stinky cheeses we’re melting for lately, and we
The DNA of the durian, it turns out, is very complex and optimized for producing a wretched stench1. 研究发现,榴莲的DNA异常复杂,而且为了能够产生恶臭而进行了优化。 The durian is a most confounding fruit. The outer layer of these
One volunteer-based group is committed to preserving this cultural legacy. 一个以志愿者为主的团队致力于保护这一文化遗产。 The Telegraph writes that it “looks, smells, and tastes as if it should be in a lavatory,” while CN
What is it about this ancient spice that so haunts the senses? 究竟是什么让这种古老的香料如此令人魂牵梦绕? Europeans in India called it Devil’s Dung. It is perhaps the most stinky spice in the world. Even its name inclu
It’s rare for an odorous dish to become a national favorite, which is exactly what’s happened with luosifen, one of the hottest food trends in China. 气味浓烈的食物很少能成为国民美食,但螺蛳粉恰恰是个例外,它是中国最热门的食物之一。 Just
Not long after Shen Peng’s grand- father died, his grandmother visited the site of the house where she and her husband once lived. The site still hadn’t been developed, and she could barely walk aroun
There was but one tree in the street—an ancient banyan which had grown through the cracks of an abandoned mosque—and little Ali’s kite had caught in its branches. 街上只有一棵树——一棵从废弃清真寺的裂缝中生长出来的老榕树——小阿里的风
In the year between finishing undergrad and beginning grad school, I volunteered with a hospice organization. 在本科毕业和研究生入学之间的那年,我在一个临终关怀组织做义工。 I was only 22 years old and wasn’t qualified to do much
The relentless spread of buildings and roads turns urban areas into heat islands, discomforting residents and exacerbating dangerous heatwaves, which are in any case likely to become more frequent as
If you work best having a routine in a predictable environment next to people you know, you may soon find going to the office unsettling. 在一成不变的环境中,坐在认识的同事旁边,按部就班地工作——如果你在这样的场景下工作状态最好,那么你很快就会发现去办公室工作
AI technologies promise more chatbots and replicas of people who have passed. But giving voice to the dead comes at a human cost. 人工智能技术有望带来更多的聊天机器人和逝者“复制品”,但让逝者发声需要生者付出代价。 Giving enough data, one c
It’s among the first things we say—sometimes to no one in particular—when we check into our hotel room: “what’s the WiFi password?” 入住酒店时,我们最先说的几句话里往往有一句“ WiFi密码是多少?”甚至有时只是喃喃自语。 Well, logging onto
The Sunflowers is unusual in Klimt’s paintings of trees and flowers in that there seems to be a certain anthropomorphic1 element. Once immediately thinks of Van Gogh’s sunflowers, which were almost se
Javier Zamora’s Solito is an important book that refocuses the immigration debate by writing about—and from the perspective of—the most important aspect of it: the people who leave home behind and ris
Washingtonians love to camp, and it shows, especially in summer: Across the Evergreen State, popular campsites fill up months in advance of peak camping season. 华盛顿居民酷爱露营,这一点显而易见,尤其是在夏季:在“常青州”各地,热门露营
Whether or not you would personally plunge into an ice bath, cold-water therapy is having a moment. 不管你是否愿意亲自尝试冰浴,冷水疗法正风靡。 It sounds like a form of torture. If you wince at the idea of lowering your
If these things are happening, it’s a sign your emotional intelligence needs some work. 如果发生以下情况,就表明你的情商需要提高。 Emotional intelligence involves knowledge and skills around understanding and managing t
要说去年暑期档最热门的电影,火遍全球的《芭比》(Barbie)绝对有一席之地。作为一个大IP,Barbie早已注册商标,相关商品随处可见。其实,首字母小写的barbie也是一个英语单词,常用于澳式英语,但意思就和芭比娃娃毫无关系了,是barbecue的口语缩略语。 类似的以-ie结尾的单词在英语中并不少见。-ie系后缀-y的一种变体,构词时有多种意思。最常见的三种意思:一是指代“哪里的人”(如t
动词是语言中的一个主要成分,而中文动词的使用频率之高尤其突出。动词使用频率高,副词自然也用得比较多,这就成为中文的一个显著特点。然而,正是因为这个特点,翻译时也容易形成思维定式,对中文的副词千篇一律地采用副词对副词这种以词性对应的处理方式。这一期我们再讨论几个常用词的翻译方法,看看在不同的语境下如何避免词语表面过度对应,如何根据原文词语的内涵灵活处理。 1. 积极 “积极”是一个极其常见的词,
Mary sat watching him intently, trying to find any change in his face. It is hard to see anyone who has become like your own body to you. Yes, his hair had got thin, and his high forehead had deep lin
清明。车窗外,是蔚蓝的天空和一望无际的、金灿灿的油菜花田。一片片金黄划过眼帘1,将我扔2进了时光隧道。 It is the Tomb Sweeping Day. Out the car window stretched the azure skies and the broad golden rape flower fields. A tract of golden land upon anot
我从The Rose Code这本书里学到了一个非常形象的比喻——heart sinks into the shoes,指心凉透了,类似东北话说的“心凉到了脚后跟”。 书中提到,密码破译局会为员工在单位附近找居民住宅作为临时住所,Osla和Mab两人的临时住所就是Beth家。24岁的Beth心智比正常人发育得慢,反应相对迟缓,所以每天只能帮妈妈跑跑腿,在家里干点儿零活。她经常遭到妈妈的训斥,甚至
在普通法系的法院中提起诉讼,当原告提交起诉书并送达被告时,被告需要考虑是否提交反驳起诉书中所列主张的答辩状(Answer)。需要澄清的是,答辩状并非强制要求提交的法律文书,因为根据情况的不同,被告可以直接提交请求驳回原告起诉的申请,而不用回应原告提出的主张和诉求。如果被告决定提交答辩状,就需要熟悉答辩状的结构、每部分的内容以及写作方法。总体来说,答辩状主要包含以下三个方面:回应原告在起诉状中提出的
考研英语大作文通常给出1—2幅图画,第一段要求考生对图画进行描写,第二段要求考生解释图画的意义,第三段则要求考生发表自己的观点。从某种意义上讲,描写图画类似记叙文,解释图画意义类似说明文,发表观点类似议论文。本期,唐老师想承接本专栏上期文章(见本刊2024年第3期《看图作文中人物话语的描写策略》),继续讲如何描写图画中的细节。我们都知道,所有图画中都包含大量细节,考生需要找到这些生动的细节,并用英
四级 Directions: Suppose the student union of your university is organizing an online discussion on college students doing community service.You are to write an essay on its benefits and the service yo
Pre-reading task You are going to read an article about equal opportunities at work in the UK. Before you read, think about your own situation. Does your company have an equal opportunities policy? W